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Esposito EC, Ellerkamp H, Eisenberg AM, Handley ED, Glenn CR. Suicide Ideation Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents: The Role of Parental Invalidation of Adolescents' Gender Identity. Res Child Adolesc Psychopathol 2024:10.1007/s10802-024-01203-y. [PMID: 38767739 DOI: 10.1007/s10802-024-01203-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth experience chronic and acute stress associated with their gender identity contributing to their increased risk of suicide and suicide ideation (SI) compared to non-TGD peers. This study examined how invalidating and accepting gender-related experiences with a parent impact SI severity among TGD adolescents cross-sectionally and longitudinally, within-person. Participants were 15 TGD adolescents with past month SI recruited across community and clinical settings. Adolescents completed a baseline assessment of validated interviews and self-report measures on parental invalidation and SI severity. Over a 14-day follow-up period, adolescents reported instances of parental gender invalidation and acceptance, relative stress of those experiences, and SI severity multiple times/day via ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Bivariate associations of parental invalidation and acceptance with SI were examined at baseline, while multilevel models examined the relationship within-person over follow-up. Cross-sectionally, greater perceived invalidation and non-affirmation by their parents was associated with more severe SI. Over the follow up, instances of perceived parental invalidation were associated with passive SI within-person. Findings partially support the minority stress theory and social safety perspective by showing that perceived gender-invalidation from parents affects SI in TGD adolescents, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Further research is needed to identify specific emotional and cognitive factors, such as perceived stress, that contribute to the risk of SI among TGD youth and inform the development of targeted interventions for this vulnerable population.
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- Erika C Esposito
- Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 355 Meliora Hall, Box 270266, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA.
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- Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Program, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New Hyde Park, NY, Hempstead, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 355 Meliora Hall, Box 270266, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Mt. Hope Family Center, University of Rochester, 355 Meliora Hall, Box 270266, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
- Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Delfin D, Wallace J, Baez S, Karr JE, Terry DP, Hibbler T, Yengo-Kahn A, Newman S. Social Support, Stress, and Mental Health: Examining the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis in Adolescent Football Athletes. J Athl Train 2024; 59:499-505. [PMID: 38014810 PMCID: PMC11127675 DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0324.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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CONTEXT Football sport participation has been linked to both positive and negative effects on overall health. Social support, a network that provides individuals with resources to cope effectively, may positively influence one's stress and mental health. However, little research has been conducted on adolescent football players. OBJECTIVE To examine the relationships among social support, psychological stress, and mental health in adolescent football athletes. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING High school athletes during the precompetitive and postcompetitive football season in rural Alabama. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS Black and African American adolescent athletes (N = 93) competing for a school-sponsored football team. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) After a competitive season, participants completed a battery of social support, psychological stress, and mental health symptom measures using the National Institutes of Health Toolbox Application and Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System. The T-score means, Pearson correlations, and multiple regression analyses were calculated. RESULTS Social support was negatively correlated with psychological stress (emotional support, r = -0.386; family relationships, r = -0.412; peer relationships, r = -0.265) and mental health (depression, r = -0.367 and r = -0.323 for emotional support and family relationships, respectively), whereas psychological stress and mental health (depression, r = 0.751; anxiety, r = 0.732) were positively correlated. In regression analyses, social support measures (ie, emotional support, family relationships, and peer relationships) were used to predict psychological stress (F = 7.094, P < .001, R2 = 0.191), depression symptoms (F = 5.323, P < .001, R2 = 0.151), and anxiety symptoms (F = 1.644, P = .190, R2 = 0.052). CONCLUSIONS In line with the stress-buffering hypothesis, social support in the form of family relationships and overall emotional support garnered through sport participation may reduce psychological stress and help to preserve the mental health of football athletes. These findings indicate that perceived social support may act as a positive resource for the coping of Black and African American adolescent athletes. Further research is warranted to understand the effects of stress and social support on the mental health of adolescents, particularly racial and ethnic minorities who are underrepresented in the athletic training literature.
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- Danae Delfin
- School of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Sciences, Athletic Training Program, University of South Florida, Tampa
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- Department of Health Science, Athletic Training Program, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
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- Department of Exercise & Sport Science, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Department of Psychology, University of Kentucky, Lexington
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- Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Sports Medicine Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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- Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center, Department of Neurological Surgery, Nashville, TN
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- Alabama Life Research Institute, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
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Jonasson M, Wiberg M, Dennhag I. Sexual harassment and patterns of symptoms and functional abilities in a psychiatric sample of adolescents. Nord J Psychiatry 2024; 78:290-300. [PMID: 38385440 DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2024.2318732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/23/2024]
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PURPOSE To investigate how commonly adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression and anxiety report having been subjected to sexual harassment, and to explore how symptoms and functional abilities differ between adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression and anxiety who do report and those who do not report having been subjected to sexual harassment. METHODS Swedish adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression or anxiety (n = 324; 66 boys and 258 girls, aged 12-19 years, M = 15.6, SD = 1.7) answered the PROMIS paediatric measures. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess differences between the respondents classified as 'Sexually harassed' and 'Not sexually harassed' based on these self-report questionnaires. RESULTS About 60% of the adolescents reported having been subjected to sexual harassment, and reported higher levels of suicidal ideation, disturbed sleep, fatigue, anxiety, depression, anger, and pain interference, as well as lower functional ability in terms of school problems, alcohol consumption, and poor family relationships. Logistic regression analyses showed that the strongest associations were with suicidal ideation, disturbed sleep, anger, and alcohol consumption. CONCLUSIONS About 60% of the adolescents in the studied psychiatric cohort reported having been subjected to sexual harassment. Reported experiences were high in all three subtypes, with the most reports on having been subjected to verbal harassment. Clinicians should ask about experiences of sexual harassment and give information about the consequences of sexual violence and treatment options. Alcohol consumption should be addressed and tested for. Structured assessment of suicidality should always be done.
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- Maria Jonasson
- Department of Clinical Science, Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Statistics, USBE, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Li R, Gibler RC, Rheel E, Slack K, Palermo TM. Recommendations for Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System pediatric measures in youth with chronic pain: a COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments systematic review of measurement properties. Pain 2024; 165:258-295. [PMID: 37530676 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023]
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ABSTRACT The Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric measures assess physical, emotional, and social health among children and adolescents. However, their measurement properties have not been systematically examined in youth with chronic pain. A systematic review applying the COnsensus based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology was conducted to evaluate self-reported PROMIS pediatric measures in youth with chronic pain, assessing 8 measurement properties across all versions (item bank, short form, and computer adaptive testing) from 63 studies covering 25 measures. Moderate or high-quality evidence was most available for content validity, structural validity, internal consistency (measurement precision), and construct validity. Four short-form PROMIS pediatric measures-mobility, anxiety, depressive symptoms, and physical stress experiences-achieved recommendation for the use in chronic pain clinical trials; 7 approached recommendation and 14, including the commonly used PROMIS Pediatric Pain Interference Scale, would be recommended with further evidence. Recommendations were also provided for the use of each measure in observational studies. Overall, based on the existing evidence, a total of 11 self-reported PROMIS pediatric short-form measures, including pain intensity, pain behavior, mobility, sleep disturbance, sleep-related impairment, anxiety, depressive symptoms, psychological stress experiences, physical stress experiences, family relationships, and positive effect, are recommended or approaching recommendation for use in youth ages 8 to 19 years with chronic pain. Research is needed to further establish test-retest reliability, measurement errors, cross-cultural validity, and responsiveness. Future work should expand the evaluation of PROMIS pediatric measures in subpopulations of youth with chronic pain, particularly young children and those with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
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- Rui Li
- Center for Child Health, Behavior & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine & Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Pain in Motion (PAIN) Research Group, Department of Physiotherapy, Human Physiology and Anatomy, Faculty of Physical Education & Physiotherapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, United States
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- Center for Child Health, Behavior & Development, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
- Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States
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Rhodes ET, Phan TLT, Earley ER, Eneli I, Haemer MA, Highfield NC, Khan S, Kim G, Kirk S, Sullivan EM, Stoll JM, Werk LN, Zeribi KA, Forrest CB, Lannon C. Patient-Reported Outcomes to Describe Global Health and Family Relationships in Pediatric Weight Management. Child Obes 2024; 20:1-10. [PMID: 36827448 PMCID: PMC10790547 DOI: 10.1089/chi.2022.0151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can assess chronic health. The study aims were to pilot a survey through the PEDSnet Healthy Weight Network (HWN), collecting PROs in tertiary care pediatric weight management programs (PWMP) in the United States, and demonstrate that a 50% enrollment rate was feasible; describe PROs in this population; and explore the relationship between child/family characteristics and PROs. Methods: Participants included 12- to 18-year-old patients and parents of 5- to 18-year-olds receiving care at PWMP in eight HWN sites. Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) measures assessed global health (GH), fatigue, stress, and family relationships (FR). T-score cut points defined poor GH or FR or severe fatigue or stress. Generalized estimating equations explored relationships between patient/family characteristics and PROMIS measures. Results: Overall, 63% of eligible parents and 52% of eligible children enrolled. Seven sites achieved the goal enrollment for parents and four for children. Participants included 1447 children. By self-report, 44.6% reported poor GH, 8.6% poor FR, 9.3% severe fatigue, and 7.6% severe stress. Multiple-parent household was associated with lower odds of poor GH by parent proxy report [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.69, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55-0.88] and poor FR by self-report (aOR 0.36, 95% CI 0.17-0.74). Parents were significantly more likely to report that the child had poor GH and poor FR when a child had multiple households. Conclusions: PROs were feasibly assessed across the HWN, although implementation varied by site. Nearly half of the children seeking care in PWMP reported poor GH, and family context may play a role. Future work may build on this pilot to show how PROs can inform clinical care in PWMP.
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- Erinn T. Rhodes
- Division of Endocrinology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Nemours Children's Health System/Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Healthy Weight and Nutrition, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
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- The Healthy Weight Program and Policy Lab, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- The Heart Institute and Center for Better Health and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA
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- Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Applied Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Åslund L, Andreasson A, Lekander M, Henje E, Dennhag I. Disturbed sleep and patterns of psychiatric symptoms and function in a school-based sample of adolescents. Clin Child Psychol Psychiatry 2023; 28:1524-1535. [PMID: 36167489 PMCID: PMC10540489 DOI: 10.1177/13591045221125479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sleep problems are common in adolescence and often related to psychopathology and impaired functioning. However, most studies have used summative scores, and little is known about how adolescents with disrupted sleep perceive their specific symptoms and dysfunctions. This study explored differences in levels of psychiatric symptoms and functional ability between Swedish adolescents with and without self-reported disturbed sleep in a school-based sample. METHODS Swedish adolescents (n = 618, mean age 15.7+/-1.9yrs) answered the PROMIS pediatric measures for fatigue, anxiety, depression, pain interference, anger, physical activity and peer and family relationships. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess differences between respondents with and without disturbed sleep. RESULTS Disturbed sleep was associated with higher levels of symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, depression, anger and pain interference, as well as lower functional abilities in terms of physical activity and peer- and family relationships. Adolescents reporting disturbed sleep generally displayed a pattern of impaired executive functioning, internal emotional distress and school- and sleep related worry and dysfunction, as compared to physical disability, aggressive behavior, stress and generalized worry. CONCLUSIONS The present study adds to the understanding of how disturbed sleep and specific psychiatric symptoms and functional ability are interrelated, which may also have clinical implications.
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- Lie Åslund
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Centre for Psychiatry Research, Stockholm Health Care Services, Region Stockholm, CAP Research Centre, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
- Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Umeå University, Sweden
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Amaral S, Schuchard J, Claes D, Dart A, Greenbaum LA, Massengill SF, Atkinson MA, Flynn JT, Dharnidharka VR, Fathallah-Shaykh S, Yadin O, Modi ZJ, Al-Uzri A, Wilson AC, Dell KM, Patel HP, Bruno C, Warady B, Furth S, Forrest CB. Patient-Reported Outcomes Over 24 Months in Pediatric CKD: Findings From the MyKidneyHealth Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis 2023; 82:213-224.e1. [PMID: 36889426 PMCID: PMC10440290 DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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RATIONALE & OBJECTIVE The lived experience of children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is poorly characterized. We examined the associations between patient-reported outcome (PRO) scores measuring their fatigue, sleep health, psychological distress, family relationships, and global health with clinical outcomes over time in children, adolescents, and younger adults with CKD and investigated how the PRO scores of this group compare with those of other children, adolescents, and younger adults. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 212 children, adolescentss, and adults aged 8 to 21 years with CKD and their parents recruited from 16 nephrology programs across North America. PREDICTORS CKD stage, disease etiology, and sociodemographic and clinical variables. OUTCOME PRO scores over 2 years. ANALYTICAL APPROACH We compared PRO scores in the CKD sample with a nationally representative general pediatric population (ages 8 to 17 years). Change of PROs over time and association of sociodemographic and clinical variables with PROs were assessed using multivariable regression models. RESULTS For all time points, 84% of the parents and 77% of the children, adolescents, and younger adults completed PRO surveys . The baseline PRO scores for the participants with CKD revealed a higher burden of fatigue, sleep-related impairment, psychological distress, impaired global health, and poorer family relationships compared with the general pediatric population, with median score differences≥1 SD for fatigue and global health. The baseline PRO scores did not differ by CKD stage or glomerular versus nonglomerular etiology. Over 2 years, PROs were stable with a<1-point annual change on average on each measure and intraclass correlation coefficients ranging from 0.53 to 0.79, indicating high stability. Hospitalization and parent-reported sleep problems were associated with worse fatigue, psychological health, and global health scores (all P<0.04). LIMITATIONS We were unable to assess responsiveness to change with dialysis or transplant. CONCLUSIONS Children with CKD experience a high yet stable burden of impairment across numerous PRO measures, especially fatigue and global health, independent of disease severity. These findings underscore the importance of assessing PROs, including fatigue and sleep measures, in this vulnerable population. PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have many treatment demands and experience many systemic effects. How CKD impacts the daily life of a child is poorly understood. We surveyed 212 children, adolescents, and younger adults with CKD and their parents over 24 months to assess the participants' well-being over time. Among children, adolescents, and younger adults with CKD we found a very high and persistent burden of psychological distress that did not differ by degree of CKD or type of kidney disease. The participants with CKD endorsed greater impairment in fatigue and global health compared with healthy children, adolescents, and younger adults, and parent-reported sleep problems were associated with poorer patient-reported outcome (PRO) scores across all domains. These findings emphasize the importance of including PRO measures, including fatigue and sleep measures, into routine clinical care to optimize the lived experience of children with CKD.
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- Sandra Amaral
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, The Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Levine Children's Hospital at Atrium, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Division of Nephrology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri; St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cleveland Clinic Children's and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Riddle DB, Guzick A, Minhajuddin A, Smárason O, Armstrong GM, Slater H, Mayes TL, Goodman LC, Baughn DL, Martin SL, Wakefield SM, Blader J, Brown R, Goodman WK, Trivedi MH, Storch EA. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in youth and young adults with depression: Clinical characteristics of comorbid presentations. J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord 2023; 38:100820. [PMID: 37521713 PMCID: PMC10373162 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocrd.2023.100820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/01/2023]
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety disorders, and depressive disorders are highly comorbid, and each contribute to significant functional impairment for affected youth. Comorbid anxiety disorders in depressed youth have been associated with greater depressive symptom severity and impairment, but the impact of comorbid OCD in this population remains unclear. Accordingly, the present study examined the differential clinical characteristics of youth with depression and comorbid OCD relative to age/gender matched depressed youth with no such comorbidity and to those with depression and a comorbid (non-OCD) anxiety disorder. A sample of 797 youth and young adults ages 8-20 years who met diagnostic criteria for depression alone, depression with co-occurring OCD or any anxiety disorder were included in the present study. Rates of comorbid anxiety and OCD were very high (60.5% and 15.5%, respectively). Relative to youth with only depression, depressed youth with comorbid OCD or anxiety had greater severity of depression, suicidality, and overall impairment in social, physical, and emotional functioning. These results highlight the contribution of OCD or anxiety comorbidity in more complex clinical presentations for depressed youth.
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- David B Riddle
- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Stratton C, Tyrrell J, Goren R, Lalloo C, Isaac L. The "STOP Pain" Questionnaire: using the Plan-Do-Study-Act model to implement a patient-family preferences-informed questionnaire into a pediatric transitional pain clinic. J Patient Rep Outcomes 2022; 6:120. [PMID: 36445535 PMCID: PMC9708994 DOI: 10.1186/s41687-022-00520-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patient engagement is an important tool for quality improvement (QI) and optimizing the uptake of research findings. The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model is a QI tool that encourages ongoing evaluation of clinical care, thus improving various aspects of patient care. Ascertaining pediatric patient priorities for a pain questionnaire in the post-acute, or transitional pain, setting is important to guide clinical care since active engagement with the population of interest can optimize uptake. We used the PDSA model to adapt a chronic pain questionnaire for the pediatric transitional pain setting to reflect pediatric patient and parent/guardian preferences and to form an example of how the PDSA model can be used to improve clinical care through patient engagement. METHODS This project employed the PDSA model to adapt the pediatric Ontario Chronic Pain Questionnaire for use in the pediatric Transitional Pain Service (pedTPS) setting. Plan: Following reviewing the Ontario Chronic Pain Questionnaire and literature on pain questionnaire development, goal-based questions, questions on pain location, relevant Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) measures and the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, child (PCS-C) and parent (PCS-P), informed the questionnaire. Do: The questionnaire and a satisfaction survey were sent to patients and families through Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap™). STUDY Results from the satisfaction survey were analyzed. Act: Using descriptive statistics employing ordinal mixed-models with random effects, ANOVA, and double-blinded qualitative thematic coding, questionnaire preferences were analyzed and the questionnaire was adapted accordingly before implementation into the (pedTPS). RESULTS Eighty-eight questionnaires and satisfaction surveys were analyzed from 69 respondents (32 patients; 37 parents/guardians). Sixty-six (75.00%) surveys indicated satisfaction with the questionnaire. A combined 77 (87.50%) "strongly agreed" (25/88) or "agreed" (52/88) that the questionnaire language was clear. The application of suggested changes to the questionnaire resulted in four versions across the project timeline, which reflected patient and parent/guardian preferences for questions that reflect the themes, "Story"; "Time-Optimal"; and "Pertinent" ("STOP"). There were no statistically significant differences in satisfaction across the versions due to sample size. CONCLUSION Most respondents were satisfied with the questionnaire and prefer "STOP" questions. Future studies will focus on testing the questionnaire for validity and reliability across pedTPS populations.
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- Catherine Stratton
- grid.42327.300000 0004 0473 9646Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.42327.300000 0004 0473 9646Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 155 College St, Suite 130, M5T 1P8 Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.42327.300000 0004 0473 9646Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.42327.300000 0004 0473 9646Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College St 4th Floor, M5T 3M6 Toronto, ON Canada
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- grid.42327.300000 0004 0473 9646Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave, M5G 1X8 Toronto, ON Canada ,grid.17063.330000 0001 2157 2938Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King’s College Cir, M5S 1A8 Toronto, ON Canada
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Vestin M, Åsberg M, Wiberg M, Henje E, Dennhag I. Psychometric validity of the Montgomery and Åsberg Depression Rating Scale for Youths (MADRS-Y). Nord J Psychiatry 2022:1-11. [PMID: 36318467 DOI: 10.1080/08039488.2022.2135761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Because of all the serious consequences of major depressive disorder (MDD), it is important to screen for MDD in adolescents. The aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of the newly developed self-report depression scale MADRS-Y for adolescents in a normative Swedish sample. METHODS The study included 620 adolescents in the age range of 12-20 years old. The normative sample was randomly split into two equal parts, to perform principal component analysis (PCA) on sample one and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on sample two. We investigated the psychometrics. RESULTS The result from the PCA suggested that all 12 potential items should be used, and the items loaded on the same construct of depression. The CFA supported the one-factor structure with good fit indices. Measurement invariance was confirmed, allowing interpretation regardless of gender or age differences. Reliability was good, α .89, for both samples separately. Test-retest reliability was good to excellent (intraclass correlation coefficients = .87 and .91). Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity was shown. CONCLUSIONS The results in the current study suggest that the MADRS-Y is a brief, reliable, and valid self-report questionnaire of depressive symptoms for adolescents in the general population.
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- Magnus Vestin
- Department of Clinical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Statistics, USBE, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Science, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Umeå University, Umea, Sweden
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Rodríguez-Mercedes SL, Patel KF, Rencken CA, Grant GG, Surette K, Kinney EM, Brady KJ, Slavin MD, Schneider JC, Stoddard FJ, Kazis LE, Ryan CM. Item Pool Development for the School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation Profile Computerized Adaptive Test: An Observer-Reported Outcome Assessment Measuring the Impact of Burn Injuries in School-Aged Children. J Burn Care Res 2022; 43:1114-1128. [PMID: 34965302 PMCID: PMC9255664 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irab247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The transition from early childhood to teen years (5-12) is a critical time of development, which can be made particularly challenging by a burn injury. Assessing postburn recovery during these years is important for improving pediatric survivors' development and health outcomes. Few validated burn-specific measures exist for this age group. The purpose of this study was to generate item pools that will be used to create a future computerized adaptive test (CAT) assessing postburn recovery in school-aged children. Item pool development was guided by the previously developed School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE5-12) conceptual framework. The item pool development process involved a systematic literature review, extraction of candidate items from existing legacy measures, iterative item review during expert consensus meetings, and parent cognitive interviews. The iterative item review with experts consisted of six rounds. A total of 10 parent cognitive interviews were conducted. The three broad themes of concern were items that needed 1) clarification, needed context, or were vague, 2) age dependence and relevance, and 3) word choice. The cognitive interviews indicated that survey instructions, recall period, item stem, and response choices were interpretable by respondents. Final item pool based on parental feedback consists of 57, 81, and 60 items in physical, psychological, and family and social functioning, respectively. Developed item pools (n = 198) in three domains are consistent with the existing conceptual framework. The next step involves field testing the item pool and calibration using item response theory to develop and validate the SA-LIBRE5-12 CAT Profile.
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Nursing, Hillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation, Chapel Hill, NC
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston, Boston, MA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston, Boston, MA
- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Research Institute, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA
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Blackwell CK, Lai JS, Kallen M, Bevans KB, Davis MM, Wakschlag LS, Cella D. Measuring PROMIS® Social Relationships in Early Childhood. J Pediatr Psychol 2022; 47:573-584. [PMID: 35552428 PMCID: PMC9308389 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Apply the Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) mixed-methods approach to develop and validate new parent-report measures of young children's (1-5 years) family and peer relationships that conceptually align to those for 5-17 year olds. METHODS Expert input, parent interviews, and reviews of theoretical and empirical literature were used to develop draft item pools, which were administered in two waves of panel surveys (N = 1,750). Psychometric evaluation was conducted using item response theory-based methods. Scores were normed to the general U.S. population. Initial validation analyses were conducted using Pearson's correlations and analysis of variance to examine known-group differences between children with various health conditions. RESULTS Experts and parents confirmed the content validity of existing PROMIS family and peer relationships domain frameworks and suggested adding child-caregiver interactions and empathic behaviors, respectively. Bi-factor model analysis supported sufficient unidimensionality where family and peer relationships were modeled as distinct subdomains of a broader concept, Social Relationships. The new measure was robust in discriminating young children with poor social relationships. Correlational and known-group analyses revealed positive associations with general health and well-being and negative associations with emotional and physical distress. CONCLUSIONS The PROMIS Early Childhood Parent-Report Social Relationships item bank enables clinicians and researchers a brief, efficient, and precise way to evaluate early relational health. Subdomain short forms also offer the ability to assess specific components (i.e., child-caregiver, family, and peer) for more targeted interventions and analyses.
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- Courtney K Blackwell
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
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- Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Global Commercial Strategy Organization, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
- Lurie Children’s Hospital, Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Institute for Innovations in Developmental Sciences (DevSci), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
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Dietz LJ, Cyranowski JM, Fladeboe KM, Kelly MAR, Pilkonis PA, Butt Z, Salsman JM, Cella D. Assessing Aspects of Social Relationships in Youth Across Middle Childhood and Adolescence: The NIH Toolbox Pediatric Social Relationship Scales. J Pediatr Psychol 2022; 47:991-1002. [PMID: 35543247 PMCID: PMC9801708 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsac037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Social relationships are a critical context for children's socioemotional development and their quality is closely linked with concurrent and future physical and emotional wellbeing. However, brief self-report measures of social relationship quality that translate across middle childhood, adolescence, and adulthood are lacking, limiting the ability to assess the impact of social relationships on health outcomes over time. To address this gap, this article describes the development and testing of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox Pediatric Social Relationship Scales, which were developed in parallel with the previously-reported Adult Social Relationship Scales. METHODS Item sets were selected from the NIH Toolbox adult self-report item banks in the domains of social support, companionship, and social distress, and adapted for use in preadolescent (ages 8-11 years) and adolescent (ages 12-18 years) cohorts. Items were tested across a U.S. community sample of 1,038 youth ages 8-18 years. Classical test and item response theory approaches were used to identify items for inclusion in brief unidimensional scales. Concurrent validity was assessed by comparing resultant scales to established pediatric social relationship instruments. RESULTS Internal reliability and concurrent validity were established for five unique scales, with 5-7 items each: Emotional Support, Friendship, Loneliness, Perceived Rejection, and Perceived Hostility. CONCLUSIONS These brief scales represent developmentally appropriate and valid instruments for assessing the quality of youth social relationships across childhood and adolescence. In conjunction with previously published adult scales, they provide an opportunity for prospective assessment of social relationships across the developmental spectrum.
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- Laura J Dietz
- All correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Laura J. Dietz, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Clinical Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling, University of Pittsburgh, 5034 Forbes Tower, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. E-mail:
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Veterans Administration (VA) Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Phreesia, Inc, Raleigh,, NC 27601, USA,Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Social Sciences & Health Policy, Wake Forrest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Stone JE, Wiley J, Chachos E, Hand AJ, Lu S, Raniti M, Klerman E, Lockley SW, Carskadon MA, Phillips AJK, Bei B, Rajaratnam SMW. The CLASS Study (Circadian Light in Adolescence, Sleep and School): protocol for a prospective, longitudinal cohort to assess sleep, light, circadian timing and academic performance in adolescence. BMJ Open 2022; 12:e055716. [PMID: 35537785 PMCID: PMC9092183 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND During adolescence, sleep and circadian timing shift later, contributing to restricted sleep duration and irregular sleep-wake patterns. The association of these developmental changes in sleep and circadian timing with cognitive functioning, and consequently academic outcomes, has not been examined prospectively. The role of ambient light exposure in these developmental changes is also not well understood. Here, we describe the protocol for the Circadian Light in Adolescence, Sleep and School (CLASS) Study that will use a longitudinal design to examine the associations of sleep-wake timing, circadian timing and light exposure with academic performance and sleepiness during a critical stage of development. We also describe protocol adaptations to enable remote data collection when required during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS Approximately 220 healthy adolescents aged 12-13 years (school Year 7) will be recruited from the general community in Melbourne, Australia. Participants will be monitored at five 6 monthly time points over 2 years. Sleep and light exposure will be assessed for 2 weeks during the school term, every 6 months, along with self-report questionnaires of daytime sleepiness. Circadian phase will be measured via dim light melatonin onset once each year. Academic performance will be measured via national standardised testing (National Assessment Program-Literacy and Numeracy) and the Wechsler Individual Achievement Test-Australian and New Zealand Standardised Third Edition in school Years 7 and 9. Secondary outcomes, including symptoms of depression, anxiety and sleep disorders, will be measured via questionnaires. DISCUSSION The CLASS Study will enable a comprehensive longitudinal assessment of changes in sleep-wake timing, circadian phase, light exposure and academic performance across a key developmental stage in adolescence. Findings may inform policies and intervention strategies for secondary school-aged adolescents. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Ethical approval was obtained by the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee and the Victorian Department of Education. Dissemination plans include scientific publications, scientific conferences, via stakeholders including schools and media. STUDY DATES Recruitment occurred between October 2019 and September 2021, data collection from 2019 to 2023.
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- Julia E Stone
- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Chronobiology & Sleep Research Laboratory, EP Bradley Hospital, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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The Impact of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children's Physical Activity and Well-Being during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19095640. [PMID: 35565035 PMCID: PMC9104064 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Introduction: This study evaluated the impact of the Build Our Kids’ Success (BOKS) after-school program on children’s physical activity (PA) and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Program leaders, children, and their parents were recruited from after-school programs in Nova Scotia, Canada, that delivered BOKS programming in Fall 2020. After participating, Grade 4–6 children (n = 14) completed the Physical Literacy Assessment for Youth Self (PLAYself), Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C), the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES), and 5 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures Information System (PROMIS) scales. Children (n = 7), parents (n = 5), and program leaders (n = 3) completed interviews, which were analyzed for themes inductively. Results: The average PAQ-C score was 2.70 ± 0.48, PLAYself was 68.23 ± 13.12, and PACES was 4.22 ± 0.59 (mean ± SD). NIH PROMIS scores were below standard means (cognitive function, family relationships) or within normal limits (peer relationships, positive affect, and life satisfaction). A thematic analysis of interviews revealed that children’s PA levels were impacted by the pandemic and that BOKS positively impacted children’s physical well-being and integrated well with school-based activities. Conclusions: Participation in BOKS provided an overall positive experience and may have mitigated COVID-19-related declines in PA in well-being. The results of this evaluation can inform future physically-active after-school programming.
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Guzick AG, Leong AW, Dickinson EM, Schneider SC, Zopatti K, Manis J, Meinert AC, Barth AM, Perez M, Campo DM, Weinzimmer SA, Cepeda SL, Mathai D, Shah A, Goodman WK, Salloum A, Kennedy S, Ehrenreich-May J, Storch EA. Brief, parent-led, transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral teletherapy for youth with emotional problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. J Affect Disord 2022; 301:130-137. [PMID: 35031335 PMCID: PMC8752168 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased stress, anxiety, and depression in children. A six-session, parent-led, transdiagnostic, cognitive-behavioral teletherapy program was adapted from an established protocol to help youth aged between 5 and 13 years manage emotional problems during the pandemic. METHODS One-hundred twenty-nine parents of youth struggling with emotional problems during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in the program. Parents reported on their children's psychosocial functioning before and after treatment using validated assessments. They also reported on treatment satisfaction. Clinician-rated global improvement was assessed at each session to determine clinically significant treatment response. RESULTS Significant improvements in parent proxy-reported anxiety (d = 0.56), depression (d = 0.69), stress (d = 0.61), anger (d = 0.69), family relationships (d = 0.32), and COVID-19-related distress (d = 1.08) were found, with 62% of participants who completed the program being classified as treatment responders. Parents reported high levels of satisfaction with the program. LIMITATIONS This study was limited by use of primarily parent-report assessments and a lack of a control group. CONCLUSIONS Brief, parent-led, transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral teletherapy appeared to be an effective way to help youth cope with the pandemic and may be a scalable framework in response to large-scale mental health crises.
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- Andrew G Guzick
- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; Florida International University School of Medicine, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; University of Houston, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; University of Houston, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; University of Houston, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA; University of Houston, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Baylor College of Medicine, 1977 Butler Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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The Effect of an After-School Physical Activity Program on Children's Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nova Scotia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19042401. [PMID: 35206588 PMCID: PMC8878628 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19042401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Children’s physical activity participation declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, and these negative changes could lead to longer-term impacts on children’s cognitive, social, and emotional health. Purpose: To determine parent/caregivers’ perceptions of their children’s cognitive function, peer and family relationships, life satisfaction, physical activity, sleep, positive affect, and global health, before and after participating in the Build Our Kids’ Success (BOKS) programming at after-school programs in Fall 2020. Methods: Parents of children participating in the BOKS programming at after-school programs in Nova Scotia, Canada, were recruited. At baseline, 159 parents completed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures Information System (PROMIS) parent-proxy questionnaire, and 75 parents completed the measures at follow-up. Independent t-tests were used to determine if there were differences between baseline and follow-up Parent Proxy Questionnaire data. Results: All NIH PROMIS outcome variables at baseline and follow-up were within normal limits (Adjusted T-Scores: 46.67 ± 7.15 to 50.04 ± 7.13). There were no significant differences in life satisfaction (t(188) = −1.05, p = 0.30), family relationships (t(189) = 0.31, p = 0.76), cognitive function (t(199) = −1.16, p = 0.25), peer relationships (t(192) = −1.86, p = 0.06), positive affect (t(195) = 0.25, p = 0.81), global health (t(216) = −0.43, p = 0.67), physical activity (t(202) = 0.787, p = 0.732), sleep disturbance (t(193) = 1.72, p = 0.087), or psychological stress (t(196) = 1.896, p = 0.059), from baseline to follow-up. Conclusions: Parent-proxy questionnaires suggested that the BOKS programming had a protective effect on children’s health behaviours and cognitive, social, and emotional health as values remained within normal limits and were not impacted by the public health restrictions during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nova Scotia.
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Van Meter A, Agrawal N. LovesCompany: evaluating the safety and feasibility of a mental health-focused online community for adolescents. J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2022; 34:83-100. [PMID: 38504652 DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2023.2283030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/21/2024]
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Background: Adolescents are at risk for mental health (MH) disorders but are unlikely to seek services and may be reluctant to talk about their MH. An anonymous, online MH-focused community could help reduce suffering. However, online forums can also promote negative behaviours such as cyberbullying. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of an online community - LovesCompany - to improve MH outcomes for adolescents.Methods: American adolescents (14-17 years) were recruited through social media. Eligible participants were randomised to LovesCompany or a placebo MH resource site. Outcomes were assessed every other week for six months, and at twelve months. Multilevel models assessed group differences in depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. A subgroup of participants participated in qualitative interviews.Results: Participants (N = 202) were mostly female (70%), White non-Hispanic (69%), and cisgender (80%). There were no instances of inappropriate behaviour such as bullying or posting explicit content. Symptoms for both groups improved over time. Participants appreciated hearing others' experiences and valued the opportunity to offer support.Conclusion: Although adolescents are often resistant to MH treatment, they appear to be interested in anonymous, online, MH-focused conversation, and can benefit from giving and seeking support. Finding a balance between an appealing user experience, ethical considerations, and resource needs is challenging.
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- Anna Van Meter
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University Langone Health, New York, USA
- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Institute for Behavioral Science, Manhasset, USA
- Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Uniondale, USA
- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, USA
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- Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, USA
- Community West Treatment Center, Los Angeles, USA
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Otto C, Reiss F, Voss C, Wüstner A, Meyrose AK, Hölling H, Ravens-Sieberer U. Mental health and well-being from childhood to adulthood: design, methods and results of the 11-year follow-up of the BELLA study. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2021; 30:1559-1577. [PMID: 32918625 PMCID: PMC8505294 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-020-01630-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mental health and well-being are of great interest in health policy and research. Longitudinal surveys are needed to provide solid population-based data. We describe the design and methods of an 11-year follow-up of the German BELLA study in children, adolescents and young adults, and we report on age- and gender-specific courses of general health and well-being, long-term health-related outcomes of mental health problems, and mental health care use. The BELLA study is the module on mental health and well-being within the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Standardised measures were used at each of the five measurement points of the BELLA study. In the 11-year follow-up, young people aged 7-31 years participated (n = 3492). Individual growth modelling, linear regression and descriptive analyses were conducted. Self-reported general health and well-being were both better in younger (vs. older) and in male (vs. female) participants according to the data from all five measurement points. Mental health problems in childhood and adolescence (measured at baseline) predicted impaired health outcomes at 6-year and 11-year follow-ups. Approximately one out of four children with a diagnosed mental disorder was not undergoing mental health treatment. With its 11-year follow-up, the prospective longitudinal BELLA study provides new and solid data on mental health and well-being from childhood to adulthood in Germany, and these data are important for health promotion and prevention practices. These results are consistent with previous findings. Promising future analyses are planned.
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- Christiane Otto
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
- Clinical Psychology, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany
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- Robert Koch-Institute, Nordufer 20, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany.
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Figuracion KCF, Lewis FM. Environmental enrichment: A concept analysis. Nurs Forum 2021; 56:703-709. [PMID: 33665836 PMCID: PMC8349791 DOI: 10.1111/nuf.12565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVES The concept analysis of environmental enrichment aims to clarify the meaning of the term contributing to a shared understanding of its use in healthcare and future research studies. Environmental enrichment has implications in health promotion in children's development and healthy aging in the general population. METHODS A literature search using PubMed and CINAHL databases on environmental enrichment was conducted to identify the uses of the term from various disciplines. The keywords are "environmental enrichment", "socialization", "physical activity", "cognitive stimulation", and "experience-dependent". Human studies from 2000 to 2020 were included in the search. RESULTS Availability of green spaces, neighborhood safety, walkability to community centers, and accessibility of community resources are antecedents of environmental enrichment. Defining attributes are positive stimulation, interpersonal interaction, and physical engagement. The consequences of environmental enrichment are improved cognitive functioning in children, decline in memory impairment, and reduced risk of developing dementia in the elderly. CONCLUSION Engaging and counseling patients, family members, and the community in adverse effects of a deprived environment and the benefits of an enriched environment is a vital tenet of the nursing discipline. Understanding the optimum amount of positive stimulation, interpersonal interaction duration, and frequency are needed in future research.
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- Karl Cristie F. Figuracion
- Omics and Symptom Science Training Program, School of Nursing, Alvord Brain Tumor Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Child, Family and Population Health Nursing, UW Medical Center Endowed Professor of Nursing Leadership, Affiliate Public Health Sciences Division and Member, Clinical Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Gao W, Yuan C. Translation and cultural adaptation of the Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System-Emotional Distress item banks into Chinese. J SPEC PEDIATR NURS 2021; 26:e12318. [PMID: 33159385 DOI: 10.1111/jspn.12318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To develop the Chinese version of the Pediatric Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS)-Emotional Distress item bank version 2.0-both conceptually equivalent to the original and relevant in the Chinese culture. DESIGN AND METHODS The Pediatric PROMIS-Emotional Distress item bank was translated, following the standard Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) translation methodology, by a translation team. Eight children aged 8-17 years from the general population were cognitively interviewed. RESULTS Most items were well understood by children, and some revisions were made after the cognitive interviewing based on the suggestions of the interviewees. The Chinese version of the Pediatric PROMIS-Emotional Distress-v2.0 item bank was conceptually and semantically equivalent to the original. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS The Chinese version of the Pediatric PROMIS-Emotional Distress item bank is now available for further studies to develop computer adaptive tests (CATs). Future CAT version measures may become a new standard measure for children in the general population and those living with a chronic condition in China.
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- Wenjun Gao
- School of Nursing, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Nursing, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China.,School of Nursing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Rencken CA, Rodríguez-Mercedes SL, Patel KF, Grant GG, Kinney EM, Sheridan RL, Brady KJS, Palmieri TL, Warner PM, Fabia RB, Schneider JC, Stoddard FJ, Kazis LE, Ryan CM. Development of the School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation (SA-LIBRE5-12) Profile: A Conceptual Framework. J Burn Care Res 2021; 42:1067-1075. [PMID: 34228121 DOI: 10.1093/jbcr/irab104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Pediatric burn injuries can alter the trajectory of the survivor's entire life. Patient-centered outcome measures are helpful to assess unique physical and psychosocial needs and long-term recovery. This study aimed to develop a conceptual framework to measure pediatric burn outcomes in survivors aged 5 to 12 years as a part of the School-Aged Life Impact Burn Recovery Evaluation Computer Adaptive Test (SA-LIBRE5-12 CAT) development. This study conducted a systematic literature review guided by the WHO International Classification of Functioning - Child and Youth and domains in the American Burn Association/Shriners Hospitals for Children Burn Outcomes Questionnaire5-18. Interviews with eight parents and seven clinicians were conducted to identify important domains in child recovery. One clinician focus group with four clinicians was completed to identify gaps in the preliminary framework, and semi-weekly expert consensus meetings were conducted with three experts to solidify the framework. Qualitative data were analyzed by grounded theory methodology. Three major thematic outcome domains emerged: 1) Physical Functioning: fine motor and upper extremity, gross motor and lower extremity, pain, skin symptoms, sleep and fatigue, and physical resilience; 2) Psychological Functioning: cognitive, behavioral, emotional, resilience, and body image; and 3) Family and Social Functioning: family relationships, and parental satisfaction, school, peer relations and community participation. The framework will be used to develop item banks for a CAT-based assessment of school-aged children's health and developmental outcomes, which will be designed for clinical and research use to optimize interventions, personalize care, and improve long-term health outcomes for burned children.
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston,® Boston, MA.,Department of General Surgery Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston,® Boston, MA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Division of Burn Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California Davis.,Shriners Hospital for Children - Northern California®, 2425 Stockton Boulevard, Suite 718, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
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- Shriners Hospital for Children - Cincinnati,® Cincinnati, OH.,University of Cincinnati, 3229 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, General Pediatric Surgery, Director of the Burn Program, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA.,Spaulding Research Institute, Boston, MA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.,Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Boston,® Boston, MA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.,Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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Cox ED, Palta M, Lasarev M, Binder AT, Connolly JR, Flynn KE. Influences of health and environmental deprivation on family relationships among children with chronic disease. Qual Life Res 2021; 30:1337-1346. [PMID: 33496901 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-020-02737-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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PURPOSE Families play a key role in managing chronic illness. Among chronically ill children, we describe the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Family Relationships measure over time and its associations with sociodemographics, environmental deprivation, and health. METHODS Parents of children aged 8-18 years with asthma (n = 171), type 1 diabetes (n = 199), or sickle cell disease (n = 135), recruited in pediatric clinics and emergency departments (ED), completed demographic surveys. Every six months for up to three years, children completed PROMIS Family Relationships, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms short forms (T-scores; mean 50, SD = 10), and a 5-level health status item. Linear mixed models were fit to estimate associations. RESULTS Older baseline age was associated with weaker family relationships. For example, for each 3-year higher baseline age, relationships were 3 points weaker for males (- 3.0; 95%CI - 5.7 to - .0.2) and females (- 3.1; 95%CI - 6.0 to - 0.3) with asthma recruited in the ED. For each 1-unit higher mean overall health, relationships were 4.6 points (95%CI 3.2-6.1) stronger for children with diabetes and about 2 points stronger for children with asthma (2.3; 0.7-3.9) and sickle cell disease (2.1; 0.3-3.9). Family relationships were 0.3-0.5 points weaker for each 1-unit increment in mean anxiety or depressive symptoms across all three diseases. Relationships were not significantly associated with environmental deprivation and generally stable over time. CONCLUSIONS Family relationships were weaker among older children and generally stable over time, yet fluctuated with physical and mental health. Monitoring PROMIS Family Relationships scores may facilitate referrals for chronically ill children who need support.
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- Elizabeth D Cox
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/558 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA.
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA.,Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/558 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/558 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Ettinger AK, Landsittel D, Abebe KZ, Bey J, Chavis V, Navratil JD, Savage Friedman F, Dermody TS, Miller E. THRIVE Conceptual Framework and Study Protocol: A Community-Partnered Longitudinal Multi-Cohort Study to Promote Child and Youth Thriving, Health Equity, and Community Strength. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:797526. [PMID: 35186824 PMCID: PMC8856106 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.797526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Given the profound inequities in maternal and child health along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines, strength-based, community-partnered research is required to foster thriving children, families, and communities, where thriving is defined as optimal development across physical, mental, cognitive, and social domains. The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) is a community-partnered, multi-cohort study designed to understand and promote child and youth thriving, build health equity, and strengthen communities by integrating community partners in study design, implementation, and dissemination. TPS launched the Tracking Health, Relationships, Identity, EnVironment, and Equity (THRIVE) Study to evaluate children's developmental stages and contexts from birth through completion of high school and to inform a child health data hub accessible to advocates, community members, educators, health professionals, and policymakers. METHODS AND ANALYSIS TPS is rooted in community-partnered participatory research (CPPR), health equity, antiracism, and developmental science. Using our community-informed conceptual framework of child thriving, the THRIVE Study will assess cross-cutting measures of place, environment, health service use, and other social determinants of health to provide longitudinal associations with developmentally appropriate child and youth thriving outcomes across participants in six cohorts spanning from pregnancy through adolescence (child ages 0-18 years). Data from electronic health records, school records, and health and human services use are integrated to assess biological and social influences of thriving. We will examine changes over time using paired t-tests and adjusted linear regression models for continuous thriving scores and McNemar tests and adjusted logistic regression models for categorical outcomes (thriving/not thriving). Data analyses will include mixed models with a random intercept (in combination with the previously-specified types of regression models) to account for within-subject correlation. DISCUSSION By enhancing assessment of child and youth well-being, TPS will fill critical gaps in our understanding of the development of child and youth thriving over time and test strategies to support thriving in diverse communities and populations. Through CPPR and co-design, the study aims to improve child health inequities across multiple socioecological levels and developmental domains.
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- Anna K Ettinger
- Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- UrbanKind Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Center for Children and Families, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Carle AC, Bevans KB, Tucker CA, Forrest CB. Using nationally representative percentiles to interpret PROMIS pediatric measures. Qual Life Res 2020; 30:997-1004. [PMID: 33201388 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-020-02700-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE This study's aim was to use a representative sample of the US pediatric population to estimate percentiles for several PROMIS pediatric measures: Anger, Anxiety, Depressive Symptoms, Family Relationships, Fatigue, Global Health, Life Satisfaction, Meaning and Purpose, Pain Behavior, Pain Interference, Physical Activity, Physical Function Mobility, Physical Function Upper Extremity, Physical Stress Experiences, Positive Affect, Psychological Stress Experiences, Sleep Disturbance, Sleep Impairment, and Peer Relationships. METHODS We used two separate, nationally representative samples of parents and children aged 5-17 years drawn in different years from the GfK Knowledge Panel, a dual-frame online probability panel. RESULTS All measures that were developed using a representative sample had a median at or near the expected value of 50. For the other measures, the 50th percentile was often 10 points or more from 50. Several domains had high floors or low ceilings. No domain's percentiles completely corresponded to the percentiles associated with a normal distribution with a mean of 50 and standard deviation of 10. CONCLUSIONS This work allows users to interpret a child's self-reported quality of life relative to children in the US general population. When attempting to evaluate whether a child falls above or below other children in the US, one should use the values presented in this study. In addition, we recommend that users should focus on whether a child's score falls into one of a few broad severity groups rather than on specific percentile scores.
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- Adam C Carle
- James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. .,Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA. .,Department of Psychology, University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Temple University College of Public Health, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Temple University College of Public Health, Philadelphia, USA
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- Applied Clinical Research Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Graham Holmes L, Zampella CJ, Clements C, McCleery JP, Maddox BB, Parish-Morris J, Udhnani MD, Schultz RT, Miller JS. A Lifespan Approach to Patient-Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life for People on the Autism Spectrum. Autism Res 2020; 13:970-987. [PMID: 32154664 DOI: 10.1002/aur.2275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Autistic self-advocates, family members, and community organizations have called for greater emphasis on enhancing quality of life (QoL) for people with autism. Doing this is critical to understand how QoL unfolds across the life course and to clarify whether gender affects QoL, health, and functioning for people with autism. The purpose of this study was to curate and test a lifespan QoL measurement tool using freely available and well-constructed National Institutes of Health Parent-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS). To develop the PROMIS Autism Battery-Lifespan (PAB-L), we identified PROMIS scales relevant for autism, reviewed each item, consulted with a panel of autism experts, and elicited feedback from autistic people and family members. This battery provides a comprehensive portrait of QoL for children ages 5-13 (through parent proxy), teens 14-17 (parent proxy and self-report), and adults 18-65 (self-report) with autism compared to the general population. Participants and parent informants (N = 912) recruited through a children's hospital and nationwide U.S. autism research registry completed the PAB-L online. Results indicate that compared to general population norms, people with autism of all ages (or their proxies) reported less desirable outcomes and lower QoL across all domains. Women and girls experienced greater challenges in some areas compared to men and boys with autism. The PAB-L appears to be a feasible and acceptable method for assessing patient-reported outcomes and QoL for autistic people across the life course. Autism Res 2020, 13: 970-987. © 2020 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. LAY SUMMARY: We developed a survey to measure the quality of life of children, teens, and adults with autism using free National Institutes of Health PROMIS questionnaires. People with autism and family members rated the PROMIS Autism Battery-Lifespan as useful and important. Some reported a good quality of life, while many reported that their lives were not going as well as they wanted. Women and girls reported more challenges in some areas of life than men and boys.
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- Laura Graham Holmes
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,A. J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychology and Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Autism Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.,Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ridosh MM, Sawin KJ, Roux G, Brei TJ. Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults with and Without Spina Bifida: An Exploratory Analysis. J Pediatr Nurs 2019; 49:10-17. [PMID: 31421392 DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2019.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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PURPOSE The measurement of Quality of life (QOL) in adolescents and especially in adolescents with disabilities is limited, often by an assessment of function rather than perception. This analysis explores QOL in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with and without Spina Bifida (SB) from the perspective of AYA and their parents. DESIGN AND METHODS A descriptive study using content analysis was conducted as a component of a larger multi-site mixed-method study of secondary conditions and adaptation. Participants responded to a single open-ended question on the meaning of quality of life. RESULTS Descriptive accounts from 209 families generated the following shared categories: an engaged family, a positive life, the goal of independence, being healthy, essential needs for living, having friends, relying on faith, and romantic relationships. A unique category emerged from parents, doing what AYA wants to do. CONCLUSIONS Family was the most frequently nominated component of QOL. The centrality of family in QOL is an important finding generally not assessed in measures of QOL or even less in health-related QOL instruments. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS Findings illustrate the importance of evaluating overall QOL from the perspective of AYA and their parents.
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- Monique M Ridosh
- Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Loyola University Chicago, United States of America.
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- Department of Nursing Research, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Self-Management Science Center, College of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, United States of America
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- College of Nursing and Professional Disciplines, University of North Dakota, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital and University of Washington School of Medicine, United States of America
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Cox ED, Connolly JR, Palta M, Rajamanickam VP, Flynn KE. Reliability and validity of PROMIS® pediatric family relationships short form in children 8-17 years of age with chronic disease. Qual Life Res 2019; 29:191-199. [PMID: 31401748 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-019-02266-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/03/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Families play a key role in managing pediatric chronic illness. The PROMIS® pediatric family relationships measure was developed primarily within the general pediatric population. We evaluated the Family Relationships short form in the context of pediatric chronic diseases. METHODS Children aged 8-17 years with asthma (n = 73), type 1 diabetes (n = 122), or sickle cell disease (n = 80) completed the Family Relationships 8a short form and the PROMIS Pediatric Profile-25's six domains representing physical, mental, and social health. Parents (N = 275) of these children completed the parent versions of the same measures. We evaluated reliability of the Family Relationships measure using Cronbach's alpha and IRT-based marginal reliability, and the standard error of measurement (SEM). Convergent/discriminant validity were assessed from correlations between the Family Relationships domain and the PROMIS-25 domains. RESULTS SEM increased for scores above the normative mean of 50. Cronbach's alpha and IRT-estimated marginal reliabilities exceeded 0.80 for children and parents across diseases, except in asthma, where marginal reliability was 0.75 for parents. Scores displayed small to large correlations in the expected directions with social and mental health domains. The largest correlations occurred with parents' proxy reports of children's depressive symptoms in sickle cell disease and asthma, r = - 0.60 (95% CI - 0.74, - 0.48) and r = - 0.58 (95% CI - 0.68, - 0.48) respectively. CONCLUSIONS The Family Relationships 8-item short form demonstrated adequate reliability and convergent/discriminant validity for use in pediatric chronic conditions, though scores above the mean displayed greater uncertainty. Evidence of the measure's reliability and validity in multiple contexts furthers the case for its use.
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- Elizabeth D Cox
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/558 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/577 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 689 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, 610 Walnut Street, Madison, WI, 53726-2336, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, H6/526 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI, 53792-4108, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI, 53226-3522, USA
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Wang Y, Hays R, Marcus M, Maida C, Shen J, Xiong D, Lee S, Spolsky V, Coulter I, Crall J, Liu H. Development of a parents' short form survey of their children's oral health. Int J Paediatr Dent 2019; 29:332-344. [PMID: 30481390 PMCID: PMC8191488 DOI: 10.1111/ipd.12453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Parents play an important role in their children's oral health behaviors, provide oral health access, initiate prevention, and coping strategies for health care. AIM This paper develops a short form (SF) to assist parents to evaluate their children's oral health status using Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS) framework that conceptualized health as physical, mental, and social components. DESIGN Surveys of parents were conducted at dental clinics in Los Angeles County, together with an on-site clinical examination by dentists to determine clinical outcomes, Children's Oral Health Status Index (COHSI), and referral recommendations (RRs). Graded response models in item response theory were used to create the SF. A toolkit including SF, demographic information, and algorithms was developed to predict the COHSI and RRs. RESULTS The final SF questionnaire consists of eight items. The square root mean squared error for the prediction of COHSI is 7.6. The sensitivity and specificity of using SF to predict immediate treatment needs (binary RRs) are 85% and 31%. CONCLUSIONS The parent SF is an additional component of the oral health evaluation toolkit that can be used for oral health screening, surveillance program, policy planning, and research of school-aged children and adolescents from guardian perspectives.
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- Yan Wang
- Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Biostatistics, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Public Health & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Schwartz J, Huntington N, Toomey M, Laverdiere M, Bevans K, Blum N, Bridgemohan C. Measuring the involvement in family life of children with autism spectrum disorder: A DBPNet study. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2018; 83:18-27. [PMID: 30092382 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2018.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have social and communication deficits that impair their involvement in family life. No measures of child involvement in the family have been validated for the ASD population. AIM To evaluate the validity of a measure of Family Involvement (FI) of children ages 5-12 with ASD. METHOD Parents of children ages 5-12 with ASD (n = 114) completed FI items from the PROMIS® pediatric Family Relationships item bank in computerized adaptive testing (CAT) format, as well as measures of ASD symptom burden, parenting stress, and parental depression. Medical record review provided child intelligence or developmental quotient. A reference sample (n = 236) closely matching the ASD sample in age and gender was created from the national standardization sample, and underwent a simulated CAT. RESULTS The CAT precisely and efficiently measured parent-reported FI of children with ASD. Average FI scores were lower among children with ASD (M = 46.3, SD = 7.1) than children in the reference sample (M = 52.5, SD = 9.1). A "dose response" decrease in FI was observed as ASD severity increased. Increased parenting stress was associated with lower FI. No relationship between FI and child IQ was found. CONCLUSION The FI items captured FI among children ages 5-12 with ASD with acceptable precision. Reduced FI among children with ASD, particularly those with higher symptom severity, suggests validity of the items in this population.
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- Justin Schwartz
- Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1225 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3401 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1225 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Division of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Flynn KE, Kliems H, Saoji N, Svenson J, Cox ED. Content validity of the PROMIS® pediatric family relationships measure for children with chronic illness. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2018; 16:203. [PMID: 30340500 PMCID: PMC6194608 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-018-1030-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Families play a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of children with chronic illnesses, who face a lifetime of responsibility for self-management of their condition. Our goal was to investigate whether the novel Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS®) Pediatric Family Relationships measure, developed primarily within the general pediatric population, reflects the experiences of family relationships for chronically ill children and their parents. METHODS We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with children (aged 8-17) with common chronic conditions: asthma (n = 6), type 1 diabetes (n = 5), or sickle cell disease (n = 5), and separately with one of their parents (n = 16). Interviews were recorded, and two team members independently coded the written transcripts facilitated by Nvivo 10. The systematic content analysis used a combination of: 1) pre-specified themes corresponding to the six facets of the domain identified during measure development and reflected in the content of the items (i.e., Sense of Family; Love and Caring; Value and Acceptance; Trust, Dependability, and Support; Communication; Enjoyment), as well as 2) open-coding, allowing participants to define important concepts (i.e., disease impact). RESULTS Family relationships were conceptualized in a similar way to the general population, as evidenced by child and parent responses to open-ended questions about family relationships and to specific probes that corresponded with the item content in the Family Relationship 8-item short form. Children spontaneously discussed the impact of their disease on family relationships less often than parents did. Although participants described how living with a chronic illness positively and negatively impacted aspects of family relationships, nearly all participants believed their responses to the PROMIS® Family Relationships items would not change if they (or their child) did not have a chronic illness. CONCLUSIONS Among a sample of families of children with one of 3 chronic illnesses, participants described family relationships in a way that was consistent with the facets of the PROMIS® Family Relationship domain. This study adds to the content validity of the measure for children with chronic illness.
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- Kathryn E. Flynn
- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W. Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792 USA
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Landgraf JM, van Grieken A, Raat H. Giving voice to the child perspective: psychometrics and relative precision findings for the Child Health Questionnaire self-report short form (CHQ-CF45). Qual Life Res 2018; 27:2165-2176. [PMID: 29777459 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-1873-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE To derive and evaluate a shorter self-report Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) legacy measure for use in research and clinical trials/care. METHODS Stepwise regression, factor analysis, and item scaling principles were used to derive and guide item selection, using data from a large general sample in the Netherlands (n = 933). Feasibility was assessed in a school sample (n = 114) and item internal consistency, discriminant validity, floor, and ceiling effects were evaluated using an external larger validation sample in the US (n = 1468). Reliabilities were estimated using Cronbach's alpha. Relative precision (RP), the ability to distinguish between clinical subgroups, was computed by comparing the proportion of variance explained by the short-form scales vs. respective full-length scales. RESULTS The CHQ-CF was reduced from 87 to 45 items. The median alpha coefficient was 0.89. Ninety-seven to 100% scaling successes for item discriminant validity were observed. Floor effects were not observed; some ceiling effects were detected. RP estimates ranged from 0.73 to 1.37. CONCLUSION The CHQ-SF45 is reliable and valid and exceeds item level scaling criteria.
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- Jeanne M Landgraf
- HealthActCHQ, 800 Boylston Street, 16th Floor, Boston, MA, 02199, USA.
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of eight pediatric PROMIS® item banks into Spanish and German. Qual Life Res 2018; 27:2415-2430. [PMID: 29766439 DOI: 10.1007/s11136-018-1874-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded initiative to develop reliable, valid, and normed item banks to measure health. We describe the first large-scale translation and cross-cultural adaptation effort to German and Spanish of eight pediatric PROMIS item banks: Physical activity (PAC), subjective well-being (SWB), experiences of stress (EOS), and family relations (FAM). METHODS We utilized methods outlined in the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) PRO Translation Task Force recommendations. Ten professional translators performed a translatability assessment and generated forward translations. Forward Translations were compared within a country and cross-culturally to identify problems and to produce a consensus-derived version, which was then back translated, evaluated, and revised where necessary. Reconciled versions were evaluated in cognitive interviews with 126 children before finalization. RESULTS Eight resulting pediatric PROMIS® item banks were translated: Two PAC banks (22 total items), three SWB banks (125 total items), two EOS banks (45 total items), and one FAM bank (47 total items). Up to 92% of all items raised no or only minor translation difficulties, 0-5.6% were difficult to translate. Up to 20% item revisions were necessary to ensure conceptual equivalence and comprehensibility. Cognitive interviews indicated that 91-94% of the final items were appropriate for children (8-17 years). CONCLUSIONS German and Spanish translations of eight PROMIS Pediatric item banks were created for clinical trials and routine pediatric health care. Initial translatability assessment and rigorous translation methodology helped to ensure conceptual equivalence and comprehensibility. Next steps include cross-cultural validation and adaptation studies.
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Blackwell CK, Wakschlag LS, Gershon RC, Cella D. Measurement framework for the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes research program. Curr Opin Pediatr 2018; 30:276-284. [PMID: 29406440 PMCID: PMC6029724 DOI: 10.1097/mop.0000000000000606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Diverse methodological approaches pose significant challenges to assess environmental exposure effects on child health outcomes. Although transdisciplinary research efforts offer unique opportunities for understanding the complex and multidimensional facets of lifespan health and disease trajectories, a shared measurement strategy is necessary for ensuring cohesion and comprehensibility across disciplines and domains. RECENT FINDINGS Exposure science often focuses on one life stage, one primary outcome domain and/or one environmental context without regard for understanding the complexity of exposome pathways and outcomes across a developmental continuum. As part of the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program, the Person Reported Outcomes Core developed a unifying measurement framework that takes a lifespan development approach to assess physical, mental and social health outcomes within the complex matrix of environmental exposure pathways. SUMMARY The proposed framework offers a shared methodological approach to health outcome assessment, with a particular emphasis on person-reported outcomes. This framework will be instrumental for future large-scale consortia and transdisciplinary team science efforts by providing a common structure, measurement guidance and consistent terminology.
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- Courtney K. Blackwell
- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Erker C, Yan K, Zhang L, Bingen K, Flynn KE, Panepinto J. Impact of pediatric cancer on family relationships. Cancer Med 2018; 7:1680-1688. [PMID: 29577633 PMCID: PMC5943435 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.1393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 01/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Little is known about the impact of cancer on family relationships from the perspective of the pediatric cancer patient and their sibling(s). This study assessed and compared children's experiences of family relationships in patients receiving active cancer therapy, those who have completed therapy, and siblings. A cross‐sectional study of children with cancer and their siblings aged 8–17 years old was conducted. Children completed the PROMIS Pediatric Family Relationships short form and the Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety, and Peer Relationships short forms. The Mann–Whitney test assessed differences in Family Relationships scores between therapy groups, while the Wilcoxon signed‐rank test assessed differences between patients and siblings. An actor–partner interdependence model (APIM) was used to assess how patient and sibling variables were associated with their own and each others’ family relationships. Two hundred and sixty‐five children completed the assessments. Siblings of patients on‐therapy had worse family relationships than patients on‐therapy (P = 0.015). Family relationships of patients off‐therapy did not differ from their siblings or the patients on‐therapy. Family relationships scores did not differ between the sibling cohorts. The APIM found patient family relationships were impaired when their own peer relationships decreased and when either their own or their siblings had increased depressive symptoms. Sibling family relationships were impaired when their own depression increased, and when the patient counterpart was female, younger age, had less depressive symptoms, more anxiety or a diagnosis of leukemia/lymphoma (compared to solid tumor). Based on these findings, increased psychosocial resources for patients and siblings of children undergoing cancer therapy may be warranted.
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- Craig Erker
- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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